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Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
Indian Citizenship.

Mr.. j. G. ID. Atkins. commissioners OF
Indian affairs, recently gave an opinion
as to the manner ia which citizenship
may be acquired by Indians under the
Indian severalty act, which Is just made
public. The point he makes is that in
his view it appears to have been the in
tention OF congress to declare Indians
belonging to certain classes specified, to
be citizens, and not to provide method
by which they could become citizens.
Thus, any Indian, born within the terri
torial limits of the United States, who has
taken up his residence within said limits
voluntarily, and has adopted the habits of
civilized life, is a citizen entitled to all
the rights Of citizenship, without any
other action on his part. Mr.. Atkins ad-
viscs Indians, should they be refused
such rights, to appeal to the courts.
This is certainly the best method Of in
terpretins the severalty act, ana the best
method Of solving the Indian problem.
A way is now opened fer educated In.
dians who may be scattered over the
country to be counted as citizens with
out forfeiting property rights, which they
The government Is now on the right
track. In helping to create desire
for individual property among the In.
dams, the tribal relation must inevitably
be broken down. Only we must not ex-
pect decided results too soon. This has
been one of the mistakes of the nation all
along in dealing with Its wards. With
each new method adopted, and we have
tried good many, it was expected that
we should soon have good Indians with.
out first being compelled to kill them.
1t requires long years to modify human
nature, and the Indians character must
first be changed for the better before he
can make his surroundings better and
become desirable citizen. The savage
Is not to be blamed for following his
savage instincts and for being slow
in adopting the life and methods
of civilized men. 1t is natures
way to work slowly. 1t has come to be
n truism among scientific men that ma
ture does not work by jumps.
In New York state there are several
reservations on which the descendants of
the Six Nations, the most intelligent In
dians in America, now live. They have
been surrounded by civilizing influences
longer than any other Indians, perhaps,
and have adopted civilized modes of life.
But il they belonged to the Caucasian
race they would be regarded as very
shiftless communities. There is little
that is satisfactory about their every day
life compared with that of their white
neighbors. Still there has been
advance in their condition il
we look back hundred years
or so, and another century will see them
still further on the road of emancipation.
The feeble struggles of the aborigines
Of later times, such as the present little
uprising, are but the dying kicks of saw
agery, by which those who would rather
die than attempt to live under the new
order of things invite their own destruc
ton. Indian uprisings will soon be things
of the past
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

DIR. EPSON, of New York, claims to
have discovered a new disinfectant which
is much more effective than all the other
disinfectants hitherto used and which
may revolutionize scientific investigation
in that direction. Soil, reeking with
poisonous aflluvia. can be purified speed
lily and eiiectually. it is asserted. This
discovery, like most valuable inventions,
is simple one, being merely a solution
of bromine and water. II the disin-
fectant can DO all that Is claimed for it
DIR. Edison will have conferred boon for
which humanity will call him blessed.
Many substances have been tried as dis
nfectants, but few have proved of
decided benefit,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

IT is mistake TO tell the people of the
east, who may be taxpayers in Omaha
some day, that $4O0, 900 will be expended
upon our city schools this year. unless
the declaration be accompanied by a
statement of the provision already made
to meet the expense of our public school
system. Tell them that the liquor llcen Sc
and police department fines amount to
about $250,000 annually, and that our
charter authorizes, under proper condi-
tions the voting of bonds for new school
buildings. With this information, capital
lists who are looking toward Omaha as a
desirable place to invest in will not be
frightened by the prospect of burden
some school tax.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

THE verdict OF the coroner's jury in
exonerating the railroad company from
blame in the recent Chatsworth horror,
is an outrage. However. the manage
ment of that railroad cannot so easily es-
cape the condemnation of the public
They should be made to feel its weight,
aud the members of that coroner's jury
thould be ostracised from the company
of all decent people. The foreman of
the section might have been lax. but was
he to blame for the two locomotives, the
immense train and the generally run
down condition of the road? But the
jurors will no doubt be we'll remuner-
ated
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
Ex.ALpERMAN McCABE, of New York,

EX-ALDERMAN McCABE, of New York.
who escaped trial with the rest of the
Doodle aldermen, has been in the me-
tropolis and has gwen his views about
boodling officials. Jacob Sharp. he says,
is guilty of course, and ought to go up"
with the other follows. He thought the
profits Of the aldermanic business de-
pends manly upon what kind of man
IN alderman is. There seems to be some
method IN his manner Of expressing an
opinion, snd he is not so crazy but that
he could quickly determine what "kind
of men" our aldermen are
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

MICHAEL DAvIrr. who "roaSts" the
queen on all available occasions, declined
at banquet last evening to toast" her.
These terms, literally interchangeable.
but so widely varying in their cant sig
niticance, aptly illustrate Davitt's senti-
ments and-not to overlook point-de-
fine his late experiences on this side. It
made some difference at that time to the
Irish editor in the matter of "roasts" and
"toasts," whether he was in Toronto or
Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
Absurd Condition of Things.

Philadelphia Record.
1t is very absurd condition of affairs when
the ingenuity of the treasury department is
taxed to find some way of getting back into
circulation a small part of the money that 1t
continually collected in needless taxes. In
every age taxation has been regarded as an
evil to be avoided as far as possible; it has
been lett to the United States not only to i'm
pose taxes that are unnecessary, but to main
tain them when the accumulation of money
in the treasury is, in itself, "A constant menace
to the business OF the whole country.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
The fall term of the district court 10

THE fall term of the district court for
Douglas county will begin in September.
and the professional juryman is already
beginning to hang around the court
house urging that he be again
enrolled on the jury panel. The
statutes of Nebraska provide that
no man shall be impanelled upon
upon a jury in the district court who
served as juror in the two last previous
terms of the same court This law is one
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

The republicans of Lancaster county
formally inaugurated the local cam
paign yesterday by meeting of the
central committe. The primaries were
called for September 1, and the conven-
ton for two days later.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

PRINCE FERDINAND's troubles have al
ready begun. Russia promptly begins to
make his situation interesting for him.
The best thing for Ferdinand evidently is
to march back again, and he will have
done no more harm than the forty thous-
and Frenchman on their historic march
up and down that hill.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

The next viaduct Omaha should build
is one on Tenth street. The Eleventh
street viaduct will do very we'll for resi-
street, but the travelling public and peo-
pie who want to reach the Union Pacific
and b. & M. passengers depots by the
shortest cut want viaduct over the most
dangerous railway crossing in the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

The friends of James ID. Fish, the ras.
cally president of the Marine bank, who
with Ferdinand Ward wrought General
Grants financial ruin, are trying to get
him out of Sing Sing. All petitions for
this old scoundrels pardon ought to be
relegated to the flies which already hold
the numerous sentimental appeals for
the artful Joe Maekin and the murderous
YQnnnerl
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

The storm which almost destroyed Re.
publican City last night must have passed
into Kansas on its southwark career and
the re-establlshment Of communications,
now somewhat impaired, is likely to bring
additional tidings of ravage, destruction
and loss of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

SAMUEL GANN, rich farmer IN
Buchanan county, Missouri. near St.
Joe, was shot and fatally wounded by
unknown assassins Wednesday night.
Aside from the contemplation of the hor.
ror of the crime it is we'll to notice that
the unfortunate man was drawing water
from well at the time he was shot.
Few crimes under similar circumstances
are likely 10 occur in Missouri.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
A Memory.
SOmerrille Journal.

I.
wonder If she can remember,
AS do, tonight,
That evening. in early September,
OF perfect delight.
IT.
Together we rOwed on the river.
Borne on by the tide:
My heart l was ready to give her,
My fortune beside.
But alas! l soon learned that another
Had captured my Rose,
So my passion managed to smother,
And didn't propose.
".
And 1t may be she doesn't remember
That fond episode;
For that evening in early September
She rode-but rowed.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

THE city editor OF the Lincoln State
journal announces that he is going to
Chicago and New York to make n study
of metropolitan journalism for a few
weeks. The righteousness and assur.
ance which possesses the gentleman will
be refreshing to the gray boards IN those
cities who are still learning the business
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

Mrs. JAMES Brown POTTER, of "Ostler
Joe" fame, has evidently launched out
upon dramatic career in earnest. The
statement that she had separated from
her husband is reiterated. 1t does not
speak we'll for her originality. however,
that she should begin by using this
thread bare method of advertising.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
CHARITY AND TEMPERANCE.
Both Subserved by the Work of The
w. @. T.. u.

Both Subserved by the Work of The
w. G. L. U.
The Women's Christian Temperance
union is now in possession of the German
church on Dodge near Twelfth street. AS
but 5000 was asked for the building, and
half has been paid, the outlook for the
future is very bright. The union will hold
its regular Gospel temperance service
Sunday and Tuesday nights, the other
evenings of the week are under the lead
ership of the Rev. A. w. Lamar, who
has rented the church on nights the union
does not use it, and thus the union is able
to proclaim the Gospel message to the
Third ward weople every night in the
week. The Chinese class on Sunday and
LADIES' prayer meeting on Tuesday even
ing continue as usual. 1t is with graft
tude to an overruling Providence that
friends have been raised up to assist the
union in carrying the heavy burden of
rent during the past year. May God
bless all who help IN the glorious work Of
guiding wanderers to "a fountain opened
for sim" The monthly pledges collected
for the Buckingham during the past six
months are as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

AFIRE-PROoF apartment hotel for fam
lilies If located on the hill within four or
five blocks of the business centre would
receive large patronage from the start.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
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Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

In the rising of Colorowdy the Denver
Micawbers are presented with protext
for clamoring for the relocation of the
headquarters of the department Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
"A Needed Amend mont,

Chicago Times.
1t looks as If the interstate commerce bill
ought to be amended III ways that will rem
der railroad travel more safe by furnishing
the cupidity, recklessness, and negligence OF
railroad companies
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

OMAHA is doing very we'll IN the way
OF building new business blocks, but we
should like to see greater activity in build
ing new factories.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

STANLEY is becoming muchly massa-
cred man. The contradiction of his
latest massacre came too soon to permit
the recently published obituaries TO be
used again.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
Civil Reform in Ohio.

PHtsburg Post.
A lady employe in the Youngstown post
office was dismissed and gentleman friend
of hers licked the postmaster. This is proba-
bly, the Ohio idea of civil service reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
Good Advice,

Philadelphia Record.
Senator Daniel of Virginia, and Senator
Vance OF North Carolina, are bitterly de-
nOuncing civil service reform. They should
never hit little reform when it is down.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
Disturbers of the Peace.
Cbirnun Tinas

New York paper wants the tariff cut
down to a peace basis, but whenever this is
attempted the Randall and republican pro-
tectionists begin to fight, and there is no
peace,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

The exhibit which the national banks
OF Omaha make to the comptroller Of
currency is very hattering for city of
10000 population.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

THE name of Colorado should be
changed to ColorOwdy.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FRIDAY. AUGUST 49, 1887

wealth and industrial Importance. Both
efforts have been well sustained during
the past few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

OMAHAs race for the tail-end in the
base ball field sets violent contrast TO
her rush for first place in commerce,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

The annual election of officers of the
Omaha Womans Christian Temperance
Union was held Angus IL, and resulted
as follows:
President, Mrs. Watson b. Smith; vice.
president, Mrs. Davis; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. &. w. Clark; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Howard Is. Smith; treas
urer. Mrs. DR.. Denise; vlce-presidents
for churches, First Congregational, Mrs.
Doolittle; First Methodist, Mrs. Austin;
First Baptist, Mrs. Mcclure; Park avenue
Presbyterian, Mrs. Gratton Walnut
Hill Presbyterian, Mrs. Fleming; Walnut
Hill Methodist, Mrs. Johnson; Lutheran,
Mrs. Elliott; United Presbyterian, Mrs.
Wallace; United Presbyterian, Park
avenue, Mrs. Lorimer; ST. Mary's avenue
Congregational. Mrs. Sewers; North
Congregational, Mrs, DR.. BRYANT; First
Presbyterian, Mrs. DR.. Parcell Unitarian,
Mrs. Dr. Dinsmore; Southwest Presby-
terian, Mrs. j. G. Welshans.
Superintendents of Departments OF
Work-Superintende of literature, Mrs.
Phelps; superintendent of social purity,
Mrs. Mcclure; superintendent OF Jail
work, Mrs, Pearson, and superintendent
juvenile work, Mrs. Potter.
Trustees, Mrs. Dinsmore, Mrs. Jorden,
Mrs. g. +. Welshans, Mr.. Langtry, Mrs.
Rev. McCague.
Advisory Committee of Gentlemen-
W. N. McCandlsh, Mr.. Joplin, Mr., John
Dale, Mr.. Seaman and Mr.. William
Fleming.
Donations for our new headquarters
will be acknowledged in our September
report Mrs, e. w, CLARK,
,., 49,. - Secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

:. GEO. Is. lZSCHUCK.
Sworn to and subscribed in my presence
this 18th day of August, A. ID. 1887.
N. p. FEIT,
ISEAL.l Notary Public.
State of Nebraska,
Douglas County. 90
Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn,
Bee Publishing company, that the actual
average daily circulation Of the Daily Bee for
the month Of August, 1885, 12,464 copies; for
Septem ber, 1856, 3,03O copies; for October.
copies; for December, 1886, 3,237 copies; for
January 1887. 1926 copies; for February,
1887, 14,l9S copies; for March. 1887, 14,4OO
copies; for April, 1887, 1876 copies for May,
1887, 14,2T copies; for June 1887, IA, 147
copies for July, 1887 1908 copies.
GEO. b. TzscHUcK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
1lth day OF August, A. d., 1887.
iSEAL. N. p. FELL, Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19

ton to the suit diamond scarf pin and
watch.
Work is. progressing RAPIDLY on the
Missouri Pacific road in the north part
of johnson county, but IL has not yet
been definitely settled where the town or
stations will be located. The nearest sta.
ton to Tecumseh will not be less than
twelve miles.
A veterinary surgeon visiting Owens
Bros. railroad camp in Greeley county
was summoned to attend Mrs John
Conklin, who had attempted to commit
suicide by taking aconito. The doctor
had horse sense" enough to see what
was the matter and saved the lady's life.
The Bennett camp. meeting people
tried their hand at faith cure and it is
reported that two extreme cases sue.
cumbed to their prayers. A deaf woman
now rejoces in restored hearing and q
baby has ceased to shed tears on account
OF an aggravated case of cholera morbus.
iowa Items.
The number of convicts in the Iowa
state prison is diminishing almost score
per month.
The reunion of the Fortieth Iowa began
at Newton on the nth with large ut.
tendance Of old veterans.
On complaint of the Presbyterian and
Baptist clergymen considerable beer was
selzed at Spirit Lake the other day
California fever is raging ut Altoona
and the place has lost fifteen of its best
citizens by emigration IN the past three
months.
John j. Myers, a young miner at Lucas,
was instantly killed by falling slate Wed
nesday as he was preparing to quit work
for the day.
Do,,,;,a % Co.aoJs l:,o.>.a...l
last fall. His headless, dismembered
body has just been found in Maquoketa
creek, a mile above Cascade.
There is good prospect of having
horse importing and breeding establish
ment near Spencer A stock company
for that purpose will be formed.
Dr. Peck, in the presence OF DR.. Allen
and DIR. Hill, of Iowa City, performed an
important operation at Mercy hospital at
Davenport. 1t was the removing of a
dropslcal ovarian tumor, and the process
used was that of burning with a black
hot iron instead of cutting with knife.
1t Is the first time the process has been
used in the state and was an eminently
successful operation, not an ounce of
blood being lost. The tumor contained
forty pounds of fluid.
Dakota.
Spearfish was inundated by water
spout last Sunday.
A rich strike is reported from the Golden
Summit mine near Rapid City.
Sturgls business men are beginning to
realize that the town has boom.
Governor Church has bee authorized
to invite Cleveland to visit Huron.
Thomas Bentley, of Rapid City, is out
gathering tin specimens for the Omaha
exposition.
Father O'Grady. pastor of the Vermil-
hon Catholic church, died at Yankton
August 10 of consumption.
The Black Hills farmers arc still busy
with their harvest, and seem to be much
better satisfied over the prospect than
they were a few weeks ago.
The telephone subscribers in the Black
Hills circuit have asked for a 80 per cent
reduction of rates, and say that they will
discontinue the use of instruments if the
reduction is not granted.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-19
THE DAILY BEE.

Sworn Statement OF Circulation.
State of Nebraska, [.
County of Douzlas 9'S'
Geo. b. TzschucK, secretary Of The Bee
Publishing company, does solemnly swear
that the actual circulation of the Daily Bee
for the week ending August IL, 1887, was as
follows:
SATURDAY., August G....................144 G. 400
Sunday, August t7.......................1 Z. .14.2O0
Monday, August Observation-Disclosures. 8. a. ,525
Tuesday, August o. :. ..................13 1890
Wednesday, August TO- .13 S95
Thursday. August IL. .14.500
Friday, August l2.................... IL. IL, $50
Average. e........................ ...l42l1
GEO. Is. TzsCHUCK.
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-10-19
MYSTERIOUS vIsTroas.
The Possibility of n New Rail-
road.


Last Monday there were four
travellers came in town, having a
conveyance of their own. They
were said to have come from Cherry
Creek, or the neighborhood of that
place. They went about their bus
mess quietly, paid their way in
town, and appeared to be full of
business, but had very little to say.
From what information could be
gained they were supposed to be in
the employ of the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy Railroad Company,
who. had been viewing the country
for the purpose of ascertaining
where can be found the most eli
gible passes through the mountains.
They were furnished with a camp
ing outfit, but no surveying instru-
ments were thrown in sight. One
of the party is reported tie have Of
fered to be. that there would be a
new railroad pass ten miles North
OF Eureka within two years from
now. One Of the party said to our
reporter that there would be no
main line through Eureka, that a
trunk line would connect at this
place, but no definite information
could be given that would be use
full to the public just at present.
One of the party left here by train
on Wednesday and the others by
their own conveyance ON the same
day. While we sincerely wish that
we shall be blessed with additional
railroad facilities in the near future
and would assist such an enterprise
all that lies in the power of the
Sentinel to do, we are not anxious
to plant false hopes in the breast of
the public. Our visitors may be
only prospectors in search of hidden
treasures, of which our neighboring
hills are full, but as yet only in the
infancy of development.-Se
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-10-19

An alarm of fire from a locomo-
tive standing in the yard here, and
the fire bell, aroused the town
about half-past o'clock Sunday
morning. One of the out buildings
of the gas works had caught fire,
presumably from the carelessness
of the man on duty at the time.
The amount of pitch wood and in
famable material around the build
ing soon had the whole works en-
veloped in flames, and before the
firemen could get stream of water
on the blaze, nearly all the wood
work around the main building was
. mass of ruins. Since the fire the
company have had men at work
night and day getting the works
ready to produce gas, as it was
found that the retorts and pipes
were not injured enough to be unfit
for use. Mr.. Thompson is in San
Francisco, but N. w. Rolf through
his untiring efforts succeeded in
getting everything in working order,
SO that our business houses were
using gas as usual last evening.
The slowness of the fire engine and
hose carts getting to the fire shows
plainly that something should be
Immediately done toward fire de-
partment here.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-10-19
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

An electric railway is to be run
between Nevada City and Grass
Valley.
Geronimo and fourteen other
Apaches have been indicted by the
Grand Jury at Tucson.
The demand at Petaluma for
small farms, from five to twenty
acres, is greater than can be sup
piled.
Torrance Miller, who, it is
said, tried to steal President Liz
coins body, is on trial for alleged
land frauds in Las Cruces, N. NJ.
A young man named George
Sterling robbed the Georgetown
stage in Ell Dorado county last Sat
urday, but he was followed and ar
rested at Auburn, Placer county.
The remains of the lost 3-year
old daughter of j. j. Roscoe at
Socorro, n. NJ, have been found in
the dense brush, some distance
from home. She evidently died
from exposure and starvation.
An Indian named Hinock, SEN
fenced at Happy Camp, Del Norte
county. to sixty days in the County
Jail for misdemeanor, presented
himself to the Sheriff at Yreka Sun
day for admission to that institu-
ton, bringing with him his COM
mitment. He travelled sixty miles
unaccompanied and bore his own
expenses.